LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · masculinesecond declension

chorus

chorus m (genitive chorī)
Classical[ˈkʰɔ.rʊs]Ecclesiastical[ˈkɔː.rus]

Meaning

  1. masculinechorus (all forms); a performance with dancing and singing; a troop or band of dancers and singers; performers
    Quālis in Eurōtae rīpīs aut per iuga Cynthī exercet Dīāna chorōs [...].Such as [when], along the banks of the Eurotas, or through the heights of Mount Cynthus, Diana leads [her] dancers ….29 BCE – 19 BCE, Vergilius, Aeneis 1.498–499

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativechoruschorī
genitivechorīchorōrum
dativechorōchorīs
accusativechorumchorōs
ablativechorōchorīs
vocativechorechorī

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

caterva, chorus
the Chorus in Tragedy.
carmen chori, canticum
a choric ode in a tragedy.

chŏrus, i, m., = χορός [cf. Lidd. and Scott under χορός].
I. A dance in a ring, a choral dance, a dance, = chorea: chorus et cantus, Tib. 1, 7, 44; cf. Prop. 4 (5), 6, 70. Nympharum leves chori, Hor. C. 1, 1, 31: ferre pedem choris, id. ib. 2, 12, 17; Tib. 2, 1, 56: choros agere, Prop. 2, 3, 18: agitare, Verg. G. 4, 533: ducere, Hor. C. 1, 4, 5; 4, 7, 6: exercere, Verg. A. 1, 499: indicere, id. ib. 11, 737: instaurare, Stat. Achill. 4, 145: ostentare, id. ib. 2, 148 sq.: celebrare, Sen. Herc. Oet. 594: nectere, id. ib. 367: dare, Mart. 4, 44.—
b. The harmonious motions of the heavenly bodies (cf. chorea), Tib. 2, 1, 88. —
II. Meton. (abstr. pro concr.), a troop or band of dancers and singers, a chorus, choir: saltatores, citharistas, totum denique comissationis Antonianae chorum, etc., Cic. Phil. 5, 6, 15; Cat. 63, 30: Phoebi chorus, Verg. E. 6, 66; cf. Prop. 3 (4), 5, 20; Hor. C. S. 75: chorus Dryadum, Verg. G. 4, 460: Nereidum, id. A. 5, 240: Idaei chori, id. ib. 9, 112: Pierius, Mart. 12, 3: canorus, Juv. 11, 163; Ov. M. 3, 685.—Of the chorus in tragedy: actoris partes chorus officiumque virile Defendat, etc., Hor. A. P. 193; cf. id. ib. 283; id. Ep. 2, 1, 134; Gell. 19, 10, 12. —
B. The heavenly bodies moving in harmony (cf. supra, I. b.): Pleiadum, Prop. 3 (4), 5, 36. Hor. C. 4, 14, 21: astrorum, Stat. Achill. 1, 643.—
C. In gen., a multitude, band, troop, crowd: chorus juventutis, Cic. Mur. 24, 49: philosophorum, id. Fin. 1, 8, 26; id. Att. 14, 8, 1; so, vatum, Hor. C. 4, 3, 15: scriptorum, id. Ep. 2, 2, 77: puellarum, id. C. 2, 5, 21: (piscium), Sen. Agam. 452: virtutum, Cic. Off. 3, 33, 116; id. Tusc. 5, 5, 13 (hence, Engl. choir, quire; Fr. choeur; Ital. coro).

Origins

From Ancient Greek χορός (khorós), a group of actors who recite and sing together.

Descendants
  • Catalancor
  • Englishchorus
  • Frenchchorus
  • GermanChor
  • Italiancoro
  • Englishchoirfrom Old French quer
  • Frenchchœurfrom Old French quer
  • Portuguesecoro
  • Romaniancor
  • Spanishcoro

In the Academy Smith's classical dictionaries

AntiquitiesChorusChorus 1. Greek. The word χορὸς in Greek signifies both a place for dancing (Hom. Od. 8.260; cf. εὐρύχορος and καλλίχορος) and the collection of dance…

Quick answers

What does chorus mean in Latin?
chorus, a noun, means “chorus (all forms); a performance with dancing and singing; a troop or band of dancers and singers”.
What is the genitive of chorus?
The genitive singular is chorī. chorus is masculine, second declension.
How do you pronounce chorus?
In classical Latin, [ˈkʰɔ.rʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈkɔː.rus].